Theory of relativity ｜ "Academician of Robotics": How far is we from "True Robot"?

Why is sweeping robot called a sweeping robot?

Isn't it a cleaning machine?

The robotic arm in the factory

Why is it called a robot?

From "machine" to "robot"

What are the possibilities in the future?

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On June 24, the 6th World Intelligence Conference opened in Tianjin. Various "robots" in life are the most sensible "intelligence" inside and outside the venue. Cleaning robots, cooking robots, construction robots ... These "non -adult" robots are changing our lives, but you may also be curious -how far is the smarter robot in imagination?

During the conference, Zhuang Shengchun, a reporter from CCTV News, dialogue with Ding Han, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is the director of the Academic Committee of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, the dean of the Future Technology College, and the chief scientist of the National Natural Science Foundation "Robotic Intelligent Manufacturing" Basic Science Center. The "Academician of Robotics" gave the answer: "The machine will definitely go to the robot and the intelligent robot, but the process to the intelligence is twisted and long. You need to adhere to the spirit of sitting in the‘ cold bench ’and capture the technical bunker.

"Academician of Robot": How far is we from "True Robot"?

Speaking of people's questions about the sweeping robot, Ding Han laughed: "The sweeping robot is actually a cleaning machine." He believes that the concept of "robot" has been generalized today. "Being can be done for people to make some boring jobs, it has generalized it into robots. But this is what human expectations can get along with people and understand human intentions. Robot, the difference is still very large. "

"The robot must be smarter, or the combination of artificial intelligence should be further strengthened. The combination of intelligence and robots will give robots more functions." Although Ding Han's main direction is industrial robots, at the 6th World Intelligent Conference, What he is most concerned about is the update iteration of intelligent products on the consumer side, such as intelligent health monitoring and autonomous driving technology. "Intelligent trends are irreversible, intelligence will become ubiquitous, and the future space is very large."

At the same time, Ding Han also reminded that in the field of intelligent products and intelligent manufacturing, to prevent the concept of "speculation", the key is to look at the product.

Zhuang Shengchun: During the epidemic, there is no contact with production and no contact economy, highlighting the importance of intelligence. What do you think of the current trend? Ding Han: In the long run, it is necessary for enterprises to move towards digital transformation. After digitalization, the quality of production can be stable, and production experience can be inherited. With digitalization, there will be intelligent improvement. However, the process of moving towards intelligent manufacturing needs to be determined according to product production characteristics. In some workshops, many jobs are not replaced by machines, and they must be done by others. Some technologies cannot meet the needs of industrial transformation at present, so they cannot pursue the "black light factory" one -sided, and cannot use the "black light factory" as the highest level of manufacturing development. Zhuang Shengchun: Is there such a misunderstanding at present? Ding Han: Indeed. In fact, is it not a complete "black light factory" problem. What is the relationship between two lamps? In the past, the saying of machine substitutions and people's replacement of machines has one -sidedness. The highest state is still the integration of human -machines. People play the biggest advantage of people, and the biggest advantage of machines to play the machine.

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Ding Han believes that although my country's robotics technology starts late, as the country promotes digital transformation, the scope of robotics is getting wider and wider. These domestic robots, which seem to be "quite powerful", may not be the same as people imagined, but cover "sea, land and air", and have breakthroughs in my country's core areas.

Whenever someone asked, "Why did the robot study for many years, it seems that I have not seen a very big breakthrough?" Ding Han bluntly said, "Robot is a multi -disciplinary cross -fusion. On the one hand, it requires the progress of artificial intelligence technology. , Sensing, driver, chip technology and many other fields, this process will be longer than we think. "

Zhuang Shengchun: In the scientific field you studied, what is the problem of "stuck neck" that needs to be broken? Ding Han: In the field of industrial robotics, heavy -duty, high -speed, high -precision robots, our country still has a lot of room for improvement. High -end application robots also have a "card neck" problem. Like a rehabilitation robot, the biggest problem for wearables is that the material has not passed, and it is bulky to wear on the body. It is very difficult to make it very lightly, and it is currently very difficult. Technical progress is very different from human imagination. The breakthrough of future technology is endless. The machine will definitely move towards robots and intelligent robots, but the process of intelligence is twists and turns. With the breakthrough of information technology, sensing technology, and new material technology, robotics technology will continue to improve.

How can I break through in the long process of twists and turns?

Last year, Huazhong University of Science and Technology established the Future Technology College, becoming one of the Twelve Future Technical College of the country, and Ding Han as Dean. The first batch of 120 students were selected from many applicants in the 27 departments of the school.

What is future technology? Ding Han believes that its biggest feature is to break the previous professional boundaries. Mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, artificial intelligence ... mutual integration and interoperability, and cultivating students' ability to solve problems through disciplines. However, the more cutting -edge and the seemingly glorious technology field, the more we must resist the "cold bench".

Zhuang Shengchun: When you go to the college entrance examination to fill in the volunteer, if some netizens ask if you want to apply for a robot -related major, how would you answer?Ding Han: Compared with other majors, the robotics majors have both hardware and software, which can be visible and touched.If you are a child who likes to challenge and is interested in robots, this major can exercise all aspects of ability. It is a good choice.Zhuang Shengchun: At the opening ceremony of last year, you said a word: "Cold bench" for eight years for the development of national science and technology.Ding Han: In fact, eight years are the shortest.The breakthrough of any technology takes eight, ten years, or even two decades of long -term accumulation.There is no shortcut to go by the "curve overtaking" now, only to persist repeatedly.In the process of building a strong country, there will be many "bunkers". We can attack one or two "bunkers", which is worthy of this era.Source: CCTV News Audit: Wang Shaoyun

Editor: Wang An material sorting: Wang An, Xu Xiaowei

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